Intro:
C

Verse:
C                               
  I got my first real six-string
G9
  Bought it at the five-and-dime
C
  Played 'til my fingers bled
G9
  It was summer of '69

Verse:
C
  Me and some guys from school
G9
  Had a band and we tried real hard
C
  Jimmy quit and Jody got married
G9
  I shualda known we'd never get far

Chorus:
Am          G9
  Oh when I look back now
C           Fmaj7 
  That was seemes to last forever
Am         G9
  And if I had the choice
C                 Fmaj7
  Ya - I'd always wanna be there
Am                  G9 (stop)
  Those were the best days of my life

Break:
C   G9 Fmaj7  x4

Verse:
C
  Ain't no use in complainin'
G9
  When you got a job to do
C
  Spent my evenin's down at the drive in
G9
  And that's when I met you

Chorus:
Am             G9
  Standin on a mama's porch
C                  Fmaj7
  You told me that you'd wait forever
Am                G9
  Oh and when you held my hand
C                    Fmaj7 
  I knew that it was now or never
Am                    G9  (stop)
  Those were the best days of my life

Break:
C  G9 Fmaj7                  C   G9 Fmaj7       
       Back in the summer of 69
                             C   G9 Fmaj7       
       Back in the summer of 69
C  G9 Fmaj7 x6

Verse:
C
  And now the times are changin'
G9
  Look at everything that's come and gone
C
  Somethimes when I play that old six-string
G9
  I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Chorus:
Am             G9
  Standin on a mama's porch
C                  Fmaj7
  You told me that you'd wait forever
Am                G9
  Oh and when you held my hand
C                    Fmaj7 
  I knew that it was now or never
Am                    G9  (stop)
  Those were the best days of my life

End:
C  G9 Fmaj7                  C   G9 Fmaj7       
       Back in the summer of 69
                             C   G9     
       Back in the summer of 69
               Fmaj7           C
Those were the best days of my life


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